Thalía
Biography
Thalía (born Thalia Ariadna Sodi Miranda August 26 1972 in Mexico City) is the name of a famous Mexican diva, internationally renowned for her Mexican soap-operas.
In 1981 Thalía started in the local Group Din Din and then went on the perform in the music festival Juguemos a Cantar, first as part of a group and then as a soloist. In 1984 she was cast in the teenage version of the stage production Grease, which starred a musical band named Timbiriche, ending up with the lead as Sandy. In 1986 she replaced one of the female vocalists of Timbiriche and the band's fame skyrocketed. That same year she was cast in her first soap opera Pobre Señorita Limantour. In 1987 she starred in the Mexican soap opera Quinceañera after which she went to Los Angeles, California to prepare herself to pursue a solo career.
In 1990 she released her first album earning a gold record the following year. In 1991 she went to Spain to star in different television programs and released her second album, which also went gold. By 1993 her third album LOVE went platinum. The year 1992 was also the beginning of a successful acting career in México. She starred in Televisa's soap opera María Mercedes, following a series of others like Marimar, María La Del Barrio and later on Rosalinda. These were huge successes in countries like USA, Indonesia, Portugal, Germany, Peru, Senegal, China, Greece, Philippines, Brazil and have been sold in over 100 countries. Her soap operas are simple stories and all are based on adaptations to the well-know Cinderella's story, the female main caracter is born in poverty and then meets a wealthy young man and later they get married.
In 1997 Atlantic Records released the soundtrack for the Disney's movie Anastasia, which included as a bonus track the Spanish version of "Journey to the Past" in the voice of Thalía.
Also in that year, she came in the Philippines and she had her major concert at the Araneta Coliseum and she filled almost 15,000 thousand seats. Thalia release her only Philippine album entitled Nandito Ako, her also carrier single. She also done the Tagalized version of El Venao which is Chika Lang. And she recoreded that particular album mostly in Tagalog and English language.
She has been a guest in TV programs like Hard Copy, Entertainment Tonight She also starred in Mambo Café, a modest Hollywood production in which she played a Puerto Rican young girl along with Danny Aiello and Rosanna de Soto with Paul Rodriguez as her father.
Currently Thalía lives in New York, where she married the former president of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola. Her two sisters, Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi, were kidnapped in 2002 but were both found alive.
In 2003 Thalía released her first English album called Thalía. She also released a successful clothing line for Kmart under the name Thalía Sodi Collection.
Recently, Thalia signed a contract with the chocolate maker, Hershey's. She appears in the company's Spanish-language advertisements and sells her own branch of Hershey's products called La Dulcería Thalía (Thalia's Candy Store).
Her latest album "El Sexto Sentido", was released this summer and was recorded mostly in the Spanish laguage, but with a few of the cuts sung in English as well.
Singles (1996-2005)
En Extasis (1996)
- Piel Morena
- Maria La Del Barrio
- Amandote
Nandito Ako (1997)
- Nandito Ako
Amor A La Mexicana (1997)
- Amor A La Mexicana
- Mujer Latina
Arrasando (2000)
- Rosalinda
- Arrasando
- Regresa A Mi US LATIN:12
- Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella US LATIN:1
- It's My Party
Thalia (2002)
- Tu Y Yo US LATIN:1
- No Me Ensenaste US LATIN:1
- A Quien Le Importa US LATIN:9
Thalia (2003)
- I Want You US:22
- Baby I'm In Love US DANCE CLUB PLAY:12
- Me Pones Sexy US LATIN:9
- Cerca De Ti US LATIN:1
- Don´t Look Back US DANCE CLUB PLAY:9
Greatest Hits (2004)
- Accion Y Reaccion
El Sexto Sentido (2005)
- Amar Sin Ser Amada US LATIN:2
- Un Alma Sentenciada
Discography
- Thalía (1990) - WW Sales: 400,000 Copies
- Mundo de Cristal (1991) - WW Sales: 600,000 Copies
- Love (1992) - WW Sales: 700,000 Copies
- En Extasis(1995) - WW Sales: 800,000 Copies
- Amor A La Mexicana(1997) - WW Sales: 3 Million Copies
- Arrasando (2000) - WW Sales: 2.5 Million Copies
- Thalía (2002) - WW Sales: 1.7 Million Copies
- Thalía (2003) (Debut English album) US #11 Mexico #1 Greece #5 Italy #6 Japan #1 - WW Sales: 4.2 Million Copies
- El Sexto Sentido (2005) US: Latin #3 Mexico #1 Argentina #1 Japan #20 UK #70 - WW Sales: 380,000 Copies
Compilations & Foreign Releases
- Grandes Exitos (1994) 10, 000 copies
- 20 Kiliates Musicales (1996) 15, 000 copies
- Anastasia Soundtrack (1997) 60, 000 copies
- Nandito Ako (Philippines release only) (1997) 300, 000 copies
- Jugo de Exitos (1998) 10, 000 copies
- Mis Mejores Momentos Para Coleccionistas (1998)
- Serie Milennium 21 (1999)
- La Sensacion de Thalia Serie Sensacional (2000)
- Con Banda Grandes Exitos (2001) 500, 000 copies
- Serie 32" (2001)
- Escenciales: The Ultimate Collection (2002)
- EdicionLimitada (15 Exitos Special Edition) (2002)
- 15 Exitos (2002)
- Oro: Grandes Exitos (South America release) (2002)
- Thalia's Hits Remixed (Two different versions) (2003) 200,000 copies
- Grandes Exitos (CD/DVD) (Mexico release) (2004) 250,000 copies
- Greatest Hits (CD/DVD) (2004) 1,000,000 copies
- El Sexto Sentido (CD/DVD) (2005) 150,000 copies
- The sixth Sense (CD/DVD) (2005) 80,000 copies